Speedinvest Africa Fund

Austria
Pre Seed
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About Speedinvest Africa Fund

Speedinvest Africa Fund is a €200M (~$230M) fund backed by a $46M EIB anchor to invest in Africa's fintech infrastructure. Focuses on pre-seed and seed across fintech, SaaS, deeptech, and medtech across the continent.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustria
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Deep Tech
Digital Infrastructure
Fintech
Med Tech
Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage European founders building in strong local ecosystems

European founders
early-stage
community-driven
Amsterdam/Benelux
operator network

Bullish Signals

Active founder mixers across Europeexternal
Expanding community events to Amsterdamexternal
Active newsletter; portfolio includes Bitpanda, Krakenlinkedin
Portfolio spans fintech + deep tech (ARX Robotics)linkedin
Newsletter live; Blocks portfolio update addedlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Network/event-gated founder accessexternal

Founder Do's

Attend Speedinvest founder mixer events
Engage with local operator communities
Be open to informal idea exchange
Connect via community events early
Subscribe to Speedinvest newsletter for portfolio signals

Founder Don'ts

Avoid cold outreach without warm intro
Don't skip community touchpoints
Don't expect US-only focus

Key GPs & Partners

FL
Florian
Partner / Team Member
community-builderfounder-friendlyhands-on
FR
Frederik
Partner / Team Member
community-builder
DA
Daria
Partner / Team Member
community-builder
AL
Alex
Partner / Team Member
community-builder
JE
Jeroen
Partner / Team Member
community-builder
MA
Markus
Partner / Team Member
community-builder
WI
Wissam
Partner / Team Member
thought-leadercontent-creator
PA
Paula
Partner / Team Member
thought-leadercontent-creator

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€200M
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Key People

Speedinvest

FlorianPartner / Team Member
FrederikPartner / Team Member
DariaPartner / Team Member
AlexPartner / Team Member
JeroenPartner / Team Member
MarkusPartner / Team Member
WissamPartner / Team Member
PaulaPartner / Team Member

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